Carlsbad, NM - On Wednesday June 8, 2011
Lincoln and Eddy County Sheriff’s Deputies and U.S. Marshals apprehended two
juvenile females suspected of killing their foster mother. At approximately 5:00
am on Wednesday, June 8th Deputies were called to a residence at 117 Whitecat
Road in San Patricio where they discovered the body of Evelyn V. Miranda, 53.

Deputies discovered Miranda’s body in a bedroom of the residence and found the
two foster children who had been living with Miranda to be missing along with
Miranda’s 2007 gray Honda Odyssey displaying New Mexico License plate 487PFD.
The two juvenile females were wanted for questioning and were persons of
interest in the investigation into Miranda’s death. Deputies form Lincoln County
and Investigators with the United States Marshals Service developed leads that
the two had fled to the Carlsbad area.

Deputies from Lincoln County and United States Marshals Service coordinated with
the Eddy County Sheriff’s Office and were able to locate the pair and took them
into custody without incident about 8pm on Wednesday June 8. The two suspects
were booked into the Chavez County Juvenile Detention Center pending court
appearances. US Marshal for the District of New Mexico Conrad Candelaria
commented “due to the horrific crime committed by these suspects, an all intense
effort by members of the Marshals Service, in a precise and coordinated
investigation, along with the Eddy County Sheriff’s Department and Lincoln
County Sheriff’s Department, pursued every investigative lead that spanned
several communities within two counties. This combined effort resulted in the
identity and apprehension of both suspects”.